Helpful team leads make for a great experience - Software Engineer Mercor Employee Review

Fast paced (can also be a con), The team leads are responsive. The tasks are interesting. I feel like we are all learning here and the way that things are handled overall has improved a lot since my first contract. You get what you put into it.

Working for clients, so changes can happen out of the blue at any time. The amount of work is streaky- sometimes there is a lot of work, sometimes there is none. A batch of tasks can drop at any time, so sometimes you are just going to miss out on being involved. As extra income it works. Don't depend on it as your main source of income.

My pre-hire research found Mercor rated as an "above average to very good" AI-modeling platform, which is in line with Glassdoor's 4.0 employee rating. Based on my experience at Mercor, its employee rating is inflated, and the AI-modeling platform industry is in dire need of improvement if Mercor's industry is above average. Here are my pros: - Being paid for time spent on training. - Pay for Generalists is among the industry's highest. - Working remotely and on your schedule.

Communication at Mercor is horrible. For example, most of the emails I receive in my Mercor email account are coworkers who have no idea what to do next or who to ask to find out. Prompting emails from our Project Lead that instruct us to disregard said emails. Here are a few more cons: - Blaming everything on our clients. - Communication's ineffective and inefficient. - Disorganization. - Fear of being offboarded suddenly and without explanation. - Lack of employee rapport. - Not being valued. - Projects don't last long. And you may wait weeks for the next one.